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On This Day - August 25

1921	B 1 (I 21)	Sold for breaking to A J Andersen but resold on 2/5/1922 to J Smith of Poole.
1921	B 5 (I 25)	Sold for breaking to A J Andersen but resold on 1/3/1922 to J Smith of Poole.
1939	Alaunia (F17) 1927 - 1957	The passenger ship Alaunia as requisitioned by the Admiralty from the Cunard White Star Line, Liverpool for conversion to an armed merchant cruiser
1939	Oxley (N 55)	HMS Oxley departed Portsmouth for Dundee.
1941	Rorqual (N 74)	HMS Rorqual lays 50 mines off Cap Skinari, Greece.
1942	Telemachus (P 321)	Laid Down
1942	Venturer (P 68)	Laid Down
1950	Artful (P 456)	Having completed repairs to fire damage to the Control Room. HMS ARTFUL rejoined with the 3rd Submarine Flotilla until August 1951.
1961	Telemachus (P 321)	Scrapped at Charlestown.

Lastest Comments

06/08/2026 on page Finwhale (S 05)
Jones wrote:
	Just to confirm, the submarine was sunk off the Western Approaches. I was the Nav Officer on board the Admiralty tug RMAS Rollicker, and we towed the submarine from Loch Ewe out into the NW Approaches for a 'sinkex'; however, we hit Storm Force 11, which forced us to cancel the sinkex. A few months ...

23/07/2026 on page Token (P 328)
Legs D. wrote:
	Token was my very first boat from 1963 to 1965. During that period, for about 6 months, we were refitted with a 4inch gun. For some reason I was chosen to be a sight setter (I was a baby AB RP3). This became a 'Boy's Own' adventure for me. The 'sight setter' happened to be fourth in the queue to get ...

13/05/2026 on page H 49
kevin walker wrote:
	believe was also attacked on 1-10-1940 near Texel by Sperrbrecher 3/H3 (ex M/S Belgrad) with pattern of 4 depth charges

16/04/2026 on page Thorough (P 324)
navy42 wrote:
	Lord Kitchener was lost in the sinking of HMS Hampshire, denoted by the black field. As Secretary of State, he initiated the recruiting scheme which raised the new army. The first complete New Army formation (as opposed to divisions) as a result of this scheme was the 4th Army under the command of G ...

12/04/2026 on page Cecil Broad 1905 - 1978
navy42 wrote:
	I believe that he also designed the Badge for HMS Thorough. It's a great pity that his notes do not appear to have survived

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Una (N 87)
Class:	1936 - 1958: U Class
Built By:
Build Group:	U1
Fate: Sold for scrapping on 11th April 1949 at Llanelly.

During World War II, the USS Haynes, an American destroyer escort discovers a German U-boat in the South Atlantic. A deadly duel between the two ships ensues, and Captain Murrell must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander.

Stars: Robert Mitchum, Curd J�rgens, David Hedison

Academy Awards, USA 1958 Winner

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